Townsend v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is extortion; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The offense charged is denounced by article 365, P. C., 1925, which is in the following language: “If any officer or person authorized by law to demand or receive fees of office, shall wilfully collect for himself or for another any fee or fees not allowed by law, or any money as a purported fee for a service or act not done, or any fee or fees due him by law in excess of the fee or fees allowed by law for such service, he shall be confined in the penitentiary .not less than two…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ex Parte WatsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Hargrove v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- Page v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Speer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
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